”Dance is my attempt to understand human nature and its multiple manifestations – friendship, love, strength and spirit. With my dance I want to reach the unspoken, the inexplicable, the unnamed. I believe in dance that touches, in dance that speaks for itself.”
Transit (2020), a co-production of TSC and Skånes Dansteater, returns on stage in Malmö, Sweden! The re-premiere of Tero Saarinen’s latest large-scale creation will kick off Skins Dansteater's spring season with a total of 14 performances during February 2023. Tero Saarinen Company’s 25th-anniversary premiered at Malmö Opera on 3 October 2020 with a live orchestra. The Finnish premiere was presented at Helsinki Festival under strict Covid restrictions in 2021. In Transit, efforts have been made to use sustainable, resource-efficient approaches in the production: the costumes and set partly relying on recycled materials are shared between the groups and, as with other TSC works, Transit aims to have a long lifecycle. In addition to the shows taking place in Malmö, Transit will also return to TSC's touring repertoire in 2023. See SDT's performance schedule from the link below!
Multi-camera recording of Hamlet premiering in Finland
Tampereen Työväen Teatteri's rock musical rendition of Hamlet is set to have its TV premiere on Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle Teema). After its premiere on 3 December, the multi-camera recording will also be available online via Yle Areena until 2 December, 2023. Directed by Otso Kautto and starring Saska Pulkkinen, Hamlet has received rave reviews following its 2020 premiere, including several 5/5 stars by key Finnish newspapers. TSC's Tero Saarinen and Satu Halttunen's role was to create the actors' movement identity, based on Saarinen's TERO Technique. The recording of Hamlet is directed by film maker Thomas Freundlich, also known from the creative team of Saarinen's choreography Third Practice.
Dutch artist duo and siblings Imre and Marne van Opstal's new creation Heart Drive, co-commissioned by Ballet BC and Tero Saarinen Company, will see its world premiere in Vancouver on 3–5 November. The international co-production will be restaged for eight TSC dancers in 2023. The European premiere of Heart Drive will take place at Dance House Helsinki in June as a part of Tero Saarinen Company’s new double bill. Tickets for our 2023 productions will be available on 9 December!
Tero Saarinen Company’s Dance House Helsinki programme 2023 will be announced in December! With the TSC gift card, you can pay for tickets to performances produced by TSC at Dance House Helsinki. The gift card can be used both online and at the ticket offices located at the Cable Factory. You are free to choose the value of the gift card. The gift card is valid for one year from the date of purchase. In addition to the commonly used online payment methods, the gift card can also be bought with Smartum and ePassi.
